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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Conscription Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/576

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/576
Title:
Ext 5661/41 'Propaganda in Persia – economic incl. H.M.G.'s influence over Govt. formed in 1941.'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to British propaganda (in the form of food packages, radio broadcasts and literature) in Persia [Iran] during the first few months of the British and Russian occupation of the country. It contains correspondence discussing the internal affairs of Persia from a British perspecti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1941-23 Mar 1942
Extent:
1 file (69 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/845

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/845
Title:
Ext 4003/43 'Retention by Messrs Keymer Son and Co of services of Mr George Savery –q[uestio]n of deferment of call up'
Scope & Content:
This file consists primarily of letters between the Foreign Office and Keymer, Son and Company Limited. In their correspondence, Messrs Keymer request deferment of the conscription of one of the employee's because of their value to the company.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1942-4 Sep 1943
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2888

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2888
Title:
Coll 17/26 'Iraq. Army.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers relating to the Iraqi armed forces, mostly concerning the introduction of conscription in Iraq under a system of National Service. The file also includes papers regarding the military policy of the Government of Iraq, and the concern of the chief of the Iraqi General Sta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1933-21 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/3432

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3432
Title:
Coll 28/36 ‘Army & Air Force: Condition of; Manoeuvres; Foreign Advisers; Conscription Law.’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers reporting on non-combat activities of the Persian [Iranian] army and air force in Persia: Detailed reports of military manoeuvres and reviews, including troop numbers, their organisation and presentation, with lists of equipment and vehicles. The appointment of Swedish ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
11 Dec 1931-10 Sep 1938
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/749

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/749
Title:
‘File 28/57 II Volunteers for national service’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises applications made by individuals in Bahrain (chiefly employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO) for emergency commission to the military forces, and correspondence concerning official policy towards volunteers for military duty, and proposals for the introduction in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1930-2 Feb 1942
Extent:

1 volume (351 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/750

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/750
Title:
‘File 28/57-III Volunteers for National Service: Conscription of Labour, etc.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the introduction and application of Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942, issued under the Persian Gulf States (Emergency) Order in Council (1939). The Regulation stipulated that British subjects employed at the Bahrain Petroleu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1941-20 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (254 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/751

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/751
Title:
‘File 28/57-IV Industrial conscription’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of correspondence and other papers relating to the status of employees of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) (and to a lesser extent Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited (PDQ)), in relation to Defence Regulation No. 2 of 1942,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1942-28 Feb 1944
Extent:
1 file (397 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1893

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1893
Title:
File D/2 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Basrah
Scope & Content:
This file largely consists of correspondence between the British Consul, Basra, and the Political Agent, Bahrain, regarding Bahraini citizens residing in Iraq. Most of the file is concerned with requests for the Political Agent's assistance, made by the Consul on behalf of various Bahraini citiz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1935-18 Mar 1940
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1981

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1981
Title:
‘Bahrainese abroad’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence from two distinct periods. Correspondence at the beginning and end of the file is dated 1909 to 1913 (ff 2-16, ff 52-87), and discusses the British protection of Bahrainis in Ottoman Turkey, in response to Ottoman Government representatives in Constantinople [Is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
22 Sep 1873-1 Dec 1913
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)